Display rack



)v 20, 1930. v F. w. TEACHVOUT 1,759,721

DISPLAY RACK Filed Jan. 19, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY y 0,1930. F. w. TEACHOUT 1,759,721

DISPLAY RACK 1 -"!F l L 4/ A a FELIX Zs'm/rbar ATTORN EY Patented May20, 1930 1 UNITED STATES 'FLELIX.W. TEACHOUT, OF HUNTING'DON, TENNESSEEDISPLAY BACK.

Application filed January ,19, 1929. Serial No. 333,595.

' The presentin-Vent-ion-relates to improvements in display racks andmore particularly to a rack for displaying overalls and trousers so thatthe-various sizes may be arranged accordingly and, therefore, can bemoreeasily located and removed, and afterreinoval,-when necessary, maybe more easily placed in the pile within the rack, said. rack beingmounted so as to'revolve'upon a-vertica'laxis so that the various sizesmay be brought into View by merely rotating the rack, 7 Another object'of this invention is the provision of a rack of this type which maybe placed within a cabinet so as toprevent the dust a-nd dirt fromafiecting' the .saleable goods and which'can be readily operated .by thesalesman tobring into ready access the desired article without-;d-isturbing those of a different size or character.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangements of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the complete rack,portions of which are shown merely in skeleton to illustrate thestructure more clearly.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section through the supporting column andpedestal and adj acent portions of the rack.

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

1 Figure 4.- is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

I Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of F igure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective View ofone of the shelves perse. 7

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the pedestal orbase which is adapted to be secured to the floor or main support ingmember and has mounted therein the rotatable spindle 11 whose head 12 isseated in the hollow lower end of theped'estalk A ball'bear-ing 18 isdisposed between-the head 12 of'the spindle and the adjacent portion ofthe pedestal. The spindlell, is provided with external screw threadsadjacent its upper end and a'ball ring 14 and lock nut '14 are mountedon said threaded portion for properly adjusting the upper ball-bearing15. By this means, the spindle 11 is supported by anti frictional meansso that it may be rotated with the least possibleeflort. A verticaltubular column or support '16 has its lower end internally threaded toreceive the threaded upper endof the spindle 11 and a lock screw 17carriedby said support anden gaging thespindle 11 serves to lock thesupport in adjusted positionon the spindle, while the upperend oftlhesupportl'ti is exterior-1y threaded, as at 18, the purpose of which willpresently appear. 7O

" "Mounte'donthetubular support 16' adjacent the lower end thereof is a'bar 17 which is made rom an angle iron and is provided withthe aperture'19 to fit upon the tubular support 16 and be attached theretoby' neansof the set-screw "20 while on the upper end ofseid fi a- 1 Pp i l i 11ii p ibe $1 ha i g e in e ib y h e ded Qi li 'g 5212 which engages theupper1ext ernally threaded end 18 of ,thejt b flar s pe iai d s' heldagainst independent movement thereon by me n o ft e rs rew123.- Eh r L1and" 21' are t'here'fbre, disposed "in" arallel; relat n, to e ach o herand extend in oppos t d BeCt'ionS'fiQni thesupport 1. so as to providethe main supporting means of the present rack, and b' fi esblextendbetween he sup portl .1 under sid of the ba .Qlat

' 6S. fihelsupporjt." l I 1 As, shown, 'tlhel e arel four 2 124 and 25.;2,5", the; ham. Z Tand .2 bein ,afiike whil the gfraui, and 2.5. arealso alike; The framesat and 24" constitute the end frames, while theframes 25 and 25" co stitu the intenmed a e fraZ iies "fE nd immecomp ie iaflp'a'i of bars 26. an 2 tomiectd, respeeitirellv; approx my midwayfh'twe iitheir e ds to the ,en e ends. fthe has. .21 ndi17 nd atfightangles' thereto, thesebarsQG'an'd QG being slightly curved incross-section and being connected adjacent their ends by vertical strips28 and adjacent their points of connection to the bars 17 and 21 bypairs of vertical strips 28'.

Elongated offset cuts or openings 29 are formed in the strips 28 and'28,the purpose of which will presently appear. The frames and-25 eachconsists of a'pair of parallel horizontal bars 30 and 31 which areattached, respectively, approximately midway between their ends to thebars 21 and 17, as'at 32, be-

tween the frames 24 and 24 andthe support 16. The bars 30 and 31 arecurved in crosssection and are similar to the bars 26 and 26'.

The bars 30fland31 are connected at their ends by pairs ofspacedvertical strips 33 and are connected adjacent their pointsnectionto the bars 17 and 20 by two spaced pairs of spacedverticalstrips' 33. Offset cuts or openings 34 are formed in the strips33 and 33 similarto andspaced apart'th e same distances as the cuts oropenings in the strips 28 and 28'. Itfwill thus be seen that the bars 17and 21 carry, in the present instance,

' four transverse frames and that said frames are ,arranged'inpa rssothat La series of shelves can be disposed between and be supportedbetween each adjacent pair of frames 7 and that the offset openings inthe strips 28,

2.8,, 33'and 33 form means for supporting shelves 35." Eachjshelf, asclearly shown m Figure 6, consists of a rectangular piece of 7 metalprovided at its cornerswith downwardly-bentterminal's or prongs 36 and36 and adjacent one cornerwith a tag carrying V lug37 which is cut andbent upwardly from of these shelves, it is only necessary to insert theprongs 36 in the offset openings 29 and 34 of a pair offiopposed vertical strips 28 and 33 or 33 and 33 the prongs 36 in the oifsetopeningst29land34 of a pair ofopposed vertical strips 28 and 33 or sand33, i-t'being only necessary to make sure thatthe shelves are sodisposed that their prongs will align with horizontally aligned openingsof the strips between which they are inserted to .lel relation'toeachother, a plurality of pairs of conshelf-supporting strips connectingeach pair said supports and in spaced relation, each of which framesv isprovided with a pair of perforated strips, and a plurality of shelvesfor disposition between said strips. t

2. A display rack including a pedestal, a rotatably and verticallymounted support carried thereby, a pair of bars attached centrally oftheir lengths to said vertical support adjacent the upper and lower endsof V the latter respectively, and disposed in paralof parallel barsextendingtransversely of and fixedly secured betweentheir ends to the ofsaid transverse bars, each of said strips being being providedwithperforations, and a'plurality of shelves each-of Whichis provided ateach of its corners with a prong in sertible in one of saidperforations. 7 ii In testimony whereof'I havehereunto" set I my hand; je I I V FELIX TEACHOUT;

'the body of the shelf. "Thus, in inserting one;

provlde a tlevelsuppor't for the overalls or 7 trousers;

By the above arrangement, the shelves may be placed close together tocarry a small number of odd sizes in littledemand, or far apart toaccommodate a larger number of the sizesin greater demand, and'by reasonof the fact that each shelf carries ran indicating mark, the overalls ortrousers of a certain size may be readily located without the necessityof removing agreat'numben'as is the present practice. 1

rack including apedesai, a vertical androtatable support carriedthereby,two bars attached to, and carried by said support and extendingin opposite directions therefrom, a

plurality of frames attached to n V

